Pretty rare feat I would guess

[olderbytheminute]

School district with 3 high schools… Lincoln-Way Central West and East all being football powers at same time. Plus the Catholic school in community, Providence, is a traditional power.
I mean Maine south is awesome in fb but Maine west is a product of a horrible conference and East is what it is.
Elgin, Larkin Streamwood, South Elgin and I think Bartlett are same school district and are nothing special in fb. Plus the Catholic school St. Edward is no Providence.
The suburban schools all in same district like palatine and fremd etc. can’t compare to 210.
Just feels truly amazing that all three public schools are legit in football at same time.
Rockford has bunch of public schools and they are not fb powers
Cary-Grove, Prairie Ridge, crystal lake south and crystal lake central are never all very good at same time.
Hampshire , Jacobs and Dundee-crown are not on football map as a district.
I can’t think of any school district that can match what 210 is currently doing.

 

[SiuCubFan8]

We are calling them all FB powers?
Kinda an insult to LWE.

 

[k1867]

We are calling them all FB powers?
Kinda an insult to LWE.

You know what he means don't be a douche.

 

[emidln]

Naz (X-2) and LT (X-0) are both pretty good this year.

 

[crazylegs777]

School district with 3 high schools… Lincoln-Way Central West and East all being football powers at same time. Plus the Catholic school in community, Providence, is a traditional power.
I mean Maine south is awesome in fb but Maine west is a product of a horrible conference and East is what it is.
Elgin, Larkin Streamwood, South Elgin and I think Bartlett are same school district and are nothing special in fb. Plus the Catholic school St. Edward is no Providence.
The suburban schools all in same district like palatine and fremd etc. can’t compare to 210.
Just feels truly amazing that all three public schools are legit in football at same time.
Rockford has bunch of public schools and they are not fb powers
Cary-Grove, Prairie Ridge, crystal lake south and crystal lake central are never all very good at same time.
Hampshire , Jacobs and Dundee-crown are not on football map as a district.
I can’t think of any school district that can match what 210 is currently doing.

Lincoln Way North was always great too

 

[UlbKA91]

How was St Francis during the Wheaton school's 80-90s heyday?

 

[johnndoe]

LWC lost to 4-5 Provi and 5-5 Sandburg, LWW also lost to the latter and neither had to play LWE, either.

 

[Cyclone630]

Naz (X-2) and LT (X-0) are both pretty good this year.

How was St Francis during the Wheaton school's 80-90s heyday?

First, this thread is about a public school district with 3 or more high schools all having success at the same time. Not about a private school and a nearby public school.

Comparing a district with 3 school to a district with 4 or more schools is not an equal comparison. The more schools the lower the probability that all schools will have success at the same time.

Community High School District 155 has had a few periods where 3 of the 4 high schools have had success at or near the same level as the LW 210 schools. Having all 4 schools would be rarer than anything LW210 is experience right now.

U46 schools (Elgin, Larkin, Streamwood, South Elgin, Bartlett) have never had more than 1 or 2 schools succeed at a time. Again, harder for 5 schools to do it at once than three schools.

On the flip side, 2 school districts like Naperville 203 and Wheaton 200 have had longer periods of greater success than LW 210 has, but the probability is better with only 2 schools.

 

[godfthr53]

First, this thread is about a public school district with 3 or more high schools all having success at the same time. Not about a private school and a nearby public school.

Comparing a district with 3 school to a district with 4 or more schools is not an equal comparison. The more schools the lower the probability that all schools will have success at the same time.

Community High School District 155 has had a few periods where 3 of the 4 high schools have had success at or near the same level as the LW 210 schools. Having all 4 schools would be rarer than anything LW210 is experience right now.

U46 schools (Elgin, Larkin, Streamwood, South Elgin, Bartlett) have never had more than 1 or 2 schools succeed at a time. Again, harder for 5 schools to do it at once than three schools.

On the flip side, 2 school districts like Naperville 203 and Wheaton 200 have had longer periods of greater success than LW 210 has, but the probability is better with only 2 schools.

He literally mentions Providence in the second sentence.

 

[sporthog9er]

With Providence, I actually think it's more remarkable how phenomenal the 4 baseball programs are more so than football. All 4 teams typically ranked at times top 15 or top 20 in the state.

 

[PowerI66]

With Providence, I actually think it's more remarkable how phenomenal the 4 baseball programs are more so than football. All 4 teams typically ranked at times top 15 or top 20 in the state.

Baseball in that whole area is bananas. Lockport, LWs, Plainfields, Minooka, JCA, Provi, Oswego's...

 

[HotBeer]

Interesting question. I feel like in multi-school districts, one usually draws the talent away from the others, i.e. in Maine Township, most serious football players found a way to go to Maine South (moved mostly).

I think in the early 2000s Glenbard West and North were both pretty good, not sure about South and East. Montini good at that time as well.

Have Nequa, Metea, and Waubonsie ever been solid at one time? Unfamiliar.

 

[SiuCubFan8]

Interesting question. I feel like in multi-school districts, one usually draws the talent away from the others, i.e. in Maine Township, most serious football players found a way to go to Maine South (moved mostly).

I think in the early 2000s Glenbard West and North were both pretty good, not sure about South and East. Montini good at that time as well.

Have Nequa, Metea, and Waubonsie ever been solid at one time? Unfamiliar.

Speaking of Glenbard North…feel like we haven’t heard from them in awhile.

 

[kpjasion]

You can always find good teams if you try though. The MSL West doesn't get alot of love, but last year Barrington was a semifinalist in football, Palatine went downstate in basketball, and Conant went downstate in baseball.

 

[HotBeer]

You can always find good teams if you try though. The MSL West doesn't get alot of love, but last year Barrington was a semifinalist in football, Palatine went downstate in basketball, and Conant went downstate in baseball.

What does this mean? The MSL West is not a school district.

 

[Quags57]

What does this mean? The MSL West is not a school district.

True...but 4 of the 5 District 211 schools made the playoffs this year.

And...if you want to talk conferences..5 of the 6 members of the MSL West made the playoffs this year. 3 won their first round games.

 

[olderbytheminute]

Speaking of Glenbard North…feel like we haven’t heard from them in awhile.

The Maine South/West/East thing is what got me thinking about the success of L-W East/West/Central fb this season.
I am a believer in the theory that top-end football programs are "destination" schools and top prospects' families tend to gravitate toward those programs rather than a middlin' program, and thus I would think that the the District 210 football situation would resemble the situation that exists seemingly forever with the "Maines."
That it's not is something I find rather impressive.
Looking at comments and trying to recall the past, it's definitely possible that at some point, the Napervilles and/or Wheaton's were all strong at the same time.
And I looked this up: In 2021, Cary-Grove won the 6A state title, and the other three schools in the district all qualified for that year's playoffs. While Cary went 5-0 in the playoffs, Crystal Lake Central won two rounds before losing to Cary-Grove; Prairie Ridge won two rounds before losing; and only Crystal Lake South went bust in the first playoff round.
That is a heckuva accomplishment by a four-school district.

 

[crusader_of_90]